Houses abandoned overnight, clothes left on hangers, meals interrupted and never finished — no, this isn’t the setting of a post-apocalyptic movie, but the reality of how many of California’s more than 3,800 ghost towns were deserted and left to rot. Creeped...
If you live anywhere that isn’t right next to a national park, then you know it can take hours to reach a nice hiking trail: often deep in the woods, oftener with limited cell reception. When it was just the two of us, no problem. My wife and I don’t mind...
Add color and culture into your family’s Cinco de Mayo celebration by visiting historic Olvera Street, the "Birthplace of Los Angeles." Less than a block from Union Station in the heart of Los Angeles, Olvera Street (“La Placita Olvera”) is a conveniently...
Growing up off the coast of Maine, I found lighthouses fascinating. Everything from how they were designed to the type of lenses they used captivated my young mind like nothing had since I’d learned dinosaurs were a thing. And unlike dinosaurs, which were...
Spring is undoubtedly our family’s favorite season. It marks the return of warmer days (at least in the Bay Area); of picnics and beach trips; of bees bumbling and birds singing; and — most importantly — it heralds the arrival of the Northern California...
Every former United States President has taken time off to unload and refresh before jumping into a good ole’ game of “The Buck Stops Here.” My little homeschooling family and I recently returned from an expedition across the states stopping at some of our...